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Dynamite
(1929) United States of America
B&W : 14 reels / 11,584 feet / 127 minutes
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Conrad Nagel [Roger Towne], Kay Johnson [Cynthia Crothers], Charles Bickford [Hagon Derk], Julia Faye [Marcia Towne], Joel McCrea [Marco, her boyfriend], Muriel McCormac [Katie Derk], Robert Edeson [a wise fool], William Holden [a wise fool], Henry Stockbridge [a wise fool], Leslie Fenton [a young ‘vulture’], Barton Hepburn [a young ‘vulture’], Tyler Brooke [the life of the party], Ernest Hilliard [a good mixer], June Nash [a good mixer], Nancy Dover [a good mixer], Neely Edwards [a good mixer], Jerry Zier [a good mixer], Rita LeRoy [a good mixer], Clarence Burton [an officer], James Farley [an officer], Robert T. Haines [the judge], Douglas Frazer Scott [Bobby], Jane Keckley [his mother], Fred Walton [the doctor], Ynez Seabury [a neighbor], Blanche Craig [a neighbor], Mary Gordon [a neighbor], Scott Kolk [the radio announcer], Russ Colombo [the Mexican prisoner], Anita Garvin, Casson Ferguson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Screenplay by Jeanie Macpherson, with dialogue by John Howard Lawson, Gladys Unger and Jeanie Macpherson. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and Mitchell Leisen. Gowns design (costume design) by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Music by Herbert Stothart. Song “How Am I to Know?” by Jack King (music) and Dorothy Parker (lyrics). Assistant director, Mitchell Leisen. Cinematography by J. Peverell Marley. Recording engineers, J.K. Brock and Douglas Shearer. Film editor, Anne Bauchens. / © 23 September 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP704]. Released 13 December 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Ferguson’s final film. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 10,771 feet) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Society.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 1 April 2009.
References: Baer-Film p. 74; Dardis-Keaton p. 184; Limbacher-Feature p. 69; Maltin-Classic p. 188; Mandelbaum-Screen pp. 38, 55, 68, 69; Sklar-Movie p. 177; Skretvedt-Magic p. 435 : ClasIm-225 p. 43; Variety-19291106 p. 10 : Website-AFI.
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